XVIII. If Agrippa had lived and reigned as long as Herod----? 152 XIX. Compare the Zealots of antiquity with to-day's Russian revolutionists; the Sicarii with the anarchists; the procurators with the Czar's local governors. 156 XX. Make clear the difference in principle between Judea's "Peace Party" and the "Royalist Party" among the American revolutionists. 160 XXIII. Should Josephus be regarded as a traitor? 179 XXIV. Whether the Temple's fall abolished or suspended animal sacrifice is a point of difference between Judaism's two schools to-day. 189 XXV. In what respect did the "Academy" differ from a school? 196 XXVI. Contrast the ancient gnostic with the modern agnostic. 200 XXVIII. Should Akiba's method of law deduction be called casuistic? 210 XXIX. What degree of pain or peril justifies disregard of ceremonial law? 216 XXX. Can the number of our duties be specified? 221 XXXI. What is Revelation, and how did the sages apply it to the Oral Law? 228 XXXII. Is the Jew's first duty to his countrymen or to his coreligionists? 238 XXXIV. What right had the Byzantine Empire to the title "Roman"? 249 XXXV. Compare Bible and Talmud as literatures. In what sense can it be said that the Talmud made the Jew? 255 XXXVIII. In what respect did mediaeval slavery differ from Russian serfdom and from the bond service in the early colonial era of America? 287 XXXIX. Why did the higher clergy oppose the mingling of Jews and Christians, and the lower favor it? 292 XL. Why did Judaism not succeed as a proselytising religion? 298 XLI. Should Mohammed be called a prophet? 303 XLII. Amplify the probable consequences of the acceptance of Mohammed by the Jews. 311 BOOK I. JUDEA, A VASSAL STATE. CHAPTER I. UNDER PERSIAN SWAY. =PERSIA= =JUDEA= =FAMOUS= =CONTEMPORARIES= B.C.E. B.C.E. B.C.E